Unemployment - Singapore
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Singapore is 1.90 (%) with a global rank of 197.
Singapore compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Singapore is similar to that of Bhutan, Seychelles, Monaco, Kiribati, Isle of Man, Macao SAR, China, Vanuatu, Kuwait, Cambodia, Vietnam with a respective Unemployment of 2.10, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 1.80, 1.70, 1.50, 1.50, 1.30 (%) and a global rank of 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202.Last 10 years averageSingapore had an average Unemployment of 2.79 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Singapore during the Great RecessionSingapore's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.23% during the Great RecessionSingapore since the end of the Great RecessionSingapore's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 36.7% since the end of the Great Recession
Singapore compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Singapore is similar to that of Bhutan, Seychelles, Monaco, Kiribati, Isle of Man, Macao SAR, China, Vanuatu, Kuwait, Cambodia, Vietnam with a respective Unemployment of 2.10, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 1.80, 1.70, 1.50, 1.50, 1.30 (%) and a global rank of 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202.Last 10 years averageSingapore had an average Unemployment of 2.79 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Singapore during the Great RecessionSingapore's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 3.23% during the Great RecessionSingapore since the end of the Great RecessionSingapore's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 36.7% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 3.30 |
1992 | 2.20 |
1993 | 2.10 |
1994 | 2.20 |
1995 | 2.20 |
1996 | 2.20 |
1997 | 2.00 |
1998 | 3.50 |
1999 | 3.80 |
2000 | 3.70 |
2001 | 4.70 |
2002 | 4.60 |
2003 | 4.80 |
2004 | 4.40 |
2005 | 3.10 |
2006 | 3.10 |
2007 | 2.10 |
2008 | 2.20 |
2009 | 3.00 |
2010 | 2.20 |
2011 | 2.00 |
2012 | 1.90 |
2013 | 1.90 |
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Bhutan | 192 | 2.10 |
Seychelles | 193 | 2.00 |
Monaco | 194 | 2.00 |
Kiribati | 195 | 2.00 |
Isle of Man | 196 | 2.00 |
Singapore | 197 | 1.90 |
Macao SAR, China | 198 | 1.80 |
Vanuatu | 199 | 1.70 |
Kuwait | 200 | 1.50 |
Cambodia | 201 | 1.50 |
Vietnam | 202 | 1.30 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators